The midfielder is alleged to have uttered an insult to the Virgin Mary, while also referring to God as a dog Click Here: brisbane lions guernsey 2019 Udinese midfielder Rolando Mandragora has been given a one-match ban after television cameras caught him using “blasphemous expressions” during a Serie A clash with Sampdoria. Mandragora is caught […]
News Media Update FIRST CIRCUIT Confidentiality/Privilege Reporter ordered to name source or face criminal contempt charge A federal judge has given investigative television reporter Jim Taricani two weeks to reveal his confidential source in corruption case or face a charge of criminal contempt of court, which would result in his jailing for up to six […]
Statement of RCFP Executive Director Lucy Dalglish on jailing of Judith Miller The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press fully supports Judith Miller in her insistence that she not betray her source. She does not believe, nor do we, that reporters are above the law, but instead holds that the work of journalists must […]
NEWS MEDIA UPDATE · D.C. CIRCUIT · Confidentiality/Privilege · Nov. 3, 2005 Split court won’t review contempt citations in Lee case Four journalists held in contempt and fined $500 a day stemming from their refusals to testify about confidential sources involving scientist Wen Ho Lee will not have their cases reviewed by the full D.C. […]
· Story link The Senate unanimously approved an update of the Whistleblower Protection Act and will now have to work out differences with the House, which overwhelmingly passed similar legislation last March. President Bush has promised a veto. The Senate bill would permit multi-circuit review of cases for up to five years, taking cases out […]
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press issued the following statement by Executive Director Bruce D. Brown in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear an appeal by New York Times reporter James Risen, who sought to overturn a federal appeals court ruling compelling Risen’s testimony about a confidential source: “We […]
Last week, Reporters Committee Executive Director Bruce Brown joined journalists and media lawyers at the Center for a New American Security’s annual conference to discuss the challenges journalists face when reporting on sensitive national security issues, including the government’s seizure of journalists’ records as part of leaks investigations. CNAS Adjunct Senior Fellow Carrie Cordero moderated […]
· Story link Click Here: mochila fjallraven Toni Locy, the former USA Today reporter found in contempt for declining to name her sources for articles on anthrax attack suspect Steven Hatfill, asked a federal appeals court to reverse the citation, saying she had no money to pay the fines of up to $5,000 a day […]
· Story link The reporter-source shield bill sponsored by Rep. Rick Boucher, D-VA, with 71 co-sponsors was approved by the House by a vote of 398-21. There was a single amendment, put forward by Boucher, responding to concerns about the bill’s impact on national security and the witnessing of a crime. A second amendment, offered […]
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. — The former chief of police in a southwestern Nova Scotia town has been found guilty of sexually exploiting a 17-year-old girl. John Collyer was the police chief in Bridgewater, N.S., when the incident occurred in 2016. The victim had testified that Collyer asked her an inappropriate question while the two were in […]